Drake Teases Next Solo Album During Australian Show: ‘When the Time is Right’

It’s been 489 days since Drake said he was planning to take a break from music “for a little bit” to focus on his health. And though he hasn’t released a solo album since October 2023’s For All the Dogs — followed by August 2024’s 100 Gigs EP — his time out turned out to be a working vacation thanks to last year’s Kendrick Lamar beef, which gave us “First Person Shooter,” “Push Ups,” “Taylor Made Freestyle,” “Family Matters” and “The Heart Pt. 6.”

Now, in the midst of his Anita Max Win tour in Australia, Drizzy is hinting at his next solo venture. “I got a new album coming out on Valentine’s Day with PARTYNEXTDOOR. It’s called $ome $exy $ongs 4 U,” Drake said on Wednesday night (Feb. 5) during his second gig at RAC Arena in Perth according to video of the moment. “And you know, eventually when the time is right, Drizzy Drake alone by himself is gonna have to have a one-on-one talk to y’all.”

The announcement of the as-yet-untitled album — whose release date is also not yet announced — was accompanied by shouts of approval from the crowd, as Drake added, “When the time is right, I’ll be back with another album, a one-on-one conversation with y’all that you need to hear.”

The talk of a new album was news to the fans, coming more than nine months after Kendrick scored a by-almost-all-accounts knockout blow in the beef with the lacerating “Not Like Us.” Drake went mostly radio silence after that song dropped last May, but at Tuesday’s kick-off of the Australian tour the 6 God promised fans, “The year is now 2025, and Drizzy Drake is very much still alive.”

He proved it on Monday with the surprise release of a trailer for the upcoming PND joint album, less than 24 hours after Lamar’s devastating diss track won five Grammy Awards. “$OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U FEBRUARY 14,” Drake captioned the clip featuring an untitled, moody PartyNextDoor snippet from the album. The trailer also featured Drake seemingly in a trance while chilling in the corner of a neon-lit club, staring into space surrounded by chatty women completely ignoring him.

The Anita Max Win Tour will head to Melbourne on Super bowl Sunday — when it’s expected that K-Dot will perform “Not Like Us” during his halftime show for the biggest TV audience of the year — for the first of four gigs at Rod Laver Arena, followed by stops in Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland, New Zealand on the MC’s first shows Down Under since 2017.